2015–16 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team explained

The 2015–16 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Roadrunners, led by tenth-year head coach Brooks Thompson, played their home games at the Convocation Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 5-27, 3-15 in C-USA play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA tournament to Florida Atlantic.

On March 10, 2016, head coach Brooks Thompson was fired.^[1] He finished at UTSA with a 10-year record of 130–176. On April 1, the school hired Steven Hensen as head coach.^[2]

Previous season

The Roadrunners finished the 2014–15 season 14–16, 8–10 in C-USA play in a 4-way tie for 7th place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA tournament to FIU.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
James Williams	0	G	6'4"	190	Junior		Left the team for personal reasons
Edwin Olympio	3	G	6'4"	185	Freshman		Transferred to Arkansas–Fort Smith
Tyler Flores	5	G	6'4"	220	Freshman		Left the team for personal reasons
Jeromie Hill	12	F	6'8"	250	Senior		Graduated
Larry Lewis, Jr.	34	G	6'2"	175	RS Freshman		Transferred to Odessa College
Keon Lewis	44	G	6'2"	180	Senior		Graduated
Kaj-Björn Sherman	45	C	7'0"	250	Senior		Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
James Harris, Jr.	2	G	6'4"	185	Junior		Junior college transferred from Indian Hills Community College
Nick Billingsley	34	G	6'4"	175	Junior		Junior college transferred from New Mexico Junior College

Schedule

^[3] |-!colspan=9 style="background:#E74F00; color:#00438C;"| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style="background:#E74F00; color:#00438C;"| Non-conference regular season |-!colspan=9 style="background:#E74F00; color:#00438C;"| Conference USA Regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#E74F00; color:#00438C;"| Conference USA tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brooks Thompson fired by UTSA Roadrunners.
2. News: Steve Henson hired as seventh men's basketball coach at UTSA. San Antonio Express-News. 2017-01-25.
3. Web site: Men's Basketball - Schedule/Results - goUTSAcom: Official website of The University of Texas at San Antonio Athletics Department . goutsa.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120114152545/http://www.goutsa.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=13100&SPID=5988&SPSID=55681 . 2012-01-14 .